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(11) EP 2 967 475 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
20.01.2016 Bulletin 2016/03

(21) Application number: 14763593.2

(22) Date of filing: 14.03.2014
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 6/03(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2014/028893
(87) International publication number:
WO 2014/144469 (18.09.2014 Gazette 2014/38)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 15.03.2013 US 201361799195 P
12.03.2014 US 201414206415

(71) Applicant: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA 94304 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • VIRSHUP, Gary, Fredric
    Cupertino, CA 95014 (US)
  • MOSTAFAVI, Hassan
    Los Altos, CA 94024 (US)

(74) Representative: Foster, Mark Charles et al
Mathisen & Macara LLP Communications House South Street
Staines-upon-Thames Middlesex, TW18 4PR
Staines-upon-Thames Middlesex, TW18 4PR (GB)

   


(54) PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF TUMOR VISIBILITY FOR IGRT USING TEMPLATES GENERATED FROM PLANNING CT AND CONTOURS